4K restored screening of Mario Bava's cult classic 'Danger Diabolik', with a video introduction by Edgar Wright and a post-screening discussion by film historian Darrell Buxton.
QUAD is screening Danger Diabolik on Sunday 29 November, a 4K restoration of Mario Bava's 1968 cult classic. It's part of Cinema Rediscovered on Tour, a Watershed production that's been taking highlights around the UK and Ireland since August, following the festival's 10th anniversary edition in Bristol.
The film is based on the 1960s comic Danger: Diabolik by Milanese sisters Angela and Luciana Giussani. Bava directed it and Dino De Laurentiis produced it, and De Laurentiis brought his signature colourful visual style to the project. Its most famous asset is Ennio Morricone's wildly experimental score, which ranges from psychedelia and disco to funk, free jazz and rock opera. This print is a 4K restoration by Paramount Pictures with Kino Lorber, struck from the original 35mm camera negative.
Since its release, the film has become a cult classic, with musicians like Fatboy Slim and the Beastie Boys borrowing its campy spy-fi aesthetics. The screening is rated 12A and comes with a pre-recorded video introduction by filmmaker Edgar Wright, followed by a post-screening discussion led by film historian Darrell Buxton.
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It starts at 13:00, so it's a Sunday afternoon session. Tickets are £11.50 standard and £9.50 concession.
